[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5724-5725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01791]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards for 
General Industry, Maritime and Construction

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Respirable Crystalline Silica 
Standards for General Industry, Maritime and Construction'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for 
continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before March 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov website at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201908-1218-003 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these 
are not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards for General Industry, 
Maritime and Construction information collection. This collection 
contains the following requirements: Conducting worker exposure 
assessments and notifying workers of the assessment results and any 
corrective actions being taken; establishing, implementing, reviewing, 
evaluating, and updating a written exposure control plan and making the 
plan available to workers and designated representatives; creating and 
submitting air quality permit notifications; establishing a respiratory 
protection program; providing qualitative fit-testing and maintaining 
records; providing medical surveillance to workers; providing the 
physician or other licensed health care provider (PLHCP), or the 
specialist, with specific information; ensuring that the PLHCP, or 
specialist, explains the results of the medical examination to the 
employee and provides each employee with a copy of their written 
medical report; obtaining a written medical opinion from the PLHCP, or 
specialist, and ensuring that each employee receives a copy of the 
opinion; and making and maintaining air monitoring data, objective 
data, and medical surveillance records; and providing workers and 
designated representatives with access to these records. The records 
are used by workers, employers, and OSHA to determine the effectiveness 
of the employer's compliance efforts.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB under the PRA approves it and displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1218-0266.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2020. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2019 (84 FR 
52144).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty-(30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number

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1218-0266. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility:
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-OSHA.
    Title of Collection: Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards for 
General Industry, Maritime (29 CFR 1910.1053) and Construction (29 CFR 
1926.1053).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0266.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 682,581.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 17,858,154.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 12,468,266 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $393,789,550.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: January 22, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-01791 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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